# 譚

| 譚 | U+8B5A, &#35674; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B5A |
| ← 譙 [U+8B59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 譛 → [U+8B5B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

譚 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一田十 (YRMWJ), four-corner 0164$_6$, composition ⿰訁覃)

#### Related characters

* 谭 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1182, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35978
* Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4017, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8B5A

## Chinese

* 譚姓 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Tan (surname) (English)

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 譚
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* Transcribed ancient scripts
| | Old Chinese |
| 鷣 | *luː, *lɯm |
| 撢 | *l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ |
| 憛 | *l̥ʰɯːms |
| 潭 | *l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ |
| 譚 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 覃 | *l'ɯːm |
| 鐔 | *l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm |
| 藫 | *l'ɯːm |
| 橝 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 蟫 | *l'ɯːm, *lɯm |
| 燂 | *l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum |
| 醰 | *l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms |
| 禫 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 嘾 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 贉 | *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms |
| 瞫 | *l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ |
| 蕈 | *zlɯmʔ |
| 鱏 | *ljɯm, *lɯm |
| 簟 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 驔 | *l'ɯːmʔ |
| 磹 | *l'ɯːms |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tán (tan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tan$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taam$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham$^3$ / ham$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thàm
    (Hailu, HRS): tam
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tam$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tàng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tang$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thâm / tâm / tâⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tam$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tán
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tán
*** Wade–Giles: tʻan$^2$
*** Yale: tán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
*** Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰän³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tan$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tan
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰan²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taam$^4$
*** Yale: tàahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːm²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ham$^3$ / ham$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ham²²/, /ham²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàm
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tàng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm
*** Tâi-lô: thâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: taam
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tʰam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
*** Tâi-lô: tâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daam
*** IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tânn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tã²⁴/
* Taiwan:
** thâm - surname.
* Middle Chinese: dom, domX
Rime :
| Character | 譚 | 譚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 徒含切 | 徒感切 |
| Baxter | dom | domX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dʌm/ | /dʌm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dəm/ | /dəm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɒm/ | /dɒm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəm/ | /dəm$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /dᴀm/ | /dᴀm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dɒm/ | /dɒm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱăm/ | /dʱăm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tán | dàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taam$^4$ | daam$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/, /*l'ɯːmʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 譚 | 譚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12319 | 12331 |
| Phonetic component | 覃 | 覃 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覃 | 禫 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'ɯːm/ | /*l'ɯːmʔ/ |

### Definitions

譚
* Alternative form of 談 / 谈 (tán, “to discuss”)
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Péng Yáng jiàn Wáng Guǒ yuē: “Fūzǐ hé bù tán wǒ yú wáng?” [Pinyin]
    Ze-yang went to see Wang Guo, and said to him, 'Master, why do you not mention me to the king?
* a surname
    譚詠麟／谭咏麟 [Cantonese] ― taam$^4$ wing$^6$ leon$^4$ [Jyutping] ― Alan Tam

### Compounds

* 參譚 / 参谭
* 夜譚隨錄 / 夜谭随录
* 天方夜譚 / 天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
* 巷議街譚 / 巷议街谭
* 老生常譚 / 老生常谭 (lǎoshēngchángtán)
* 菜根譚 / 菜根谭
* 譚公 / 谭公 (Tángōng)
* 譚天說地 / 谭天说地
* 譚家 / 谭家 (Tánjiā)
* 譚家灣 / 谭家湾 (Tánjiāwān)
* 譚山 / 谭山 (Tánshān)
* 高譚清論 / 高谭清论

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* story

#### Readings

* Go-on: どん (don)
* Kan-on: たん (tan)
* Kan’yō-on: だん (dan)
* Kun: はなし (hanashi, 譚)

#### Compounds

* 譚歌(たんか) (tanka)
* 譚詩(たんし) (tanshi)
* 譚詩曲(たんしきょく) (tanshikyoku)
* 奇譚(きたん) (kitan)
* 古譚(こたん) (kotan)
* 本生譚(ほんじょうたん) (honjōtan)
* 民譚(みんだん) (mindan)
* 夢譚(むたん) (mutan)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 譚
* たん Hyōgai
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 譚 (MC dom|domX).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tã̠ɴ]

### Suffix

譚(たん) • (-tan)
* story; tale
    変身(へんしん)譚(たん) ― henshin-tan ― story that features a metamorphosis
    復讐(ふくしゅう)譚(たん) ― fukushū-tan ― tale of revenge
    継子(ままこ)いじめ譚(たん) ― mamako-ijime-tan ― story of stepchild abuse
    『ディオニュソス譚(たん)』 ― “Dionyusosu-tan” ― Dionysiaca

### See also

* 話(はなし) (hanashi), 物語(ものがたり) (monogatari)

## Korean
### Hanja

譚 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam, Yale tam)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

譚: Hán Nôm readings: đàm
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